Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing & Health Professions 50th anniversary historical viewbook

Celebrating the Past and Charting the Future

50 Years of Educating Healthcare Professionals

Celebrating the Past and Charting the Future 50 Years of Educating Healthcare Professionals Published by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions.

Many thanks to the following individuals who had significant involvement in this publication: Nancy P. Kropf, Ph.D., Dean College Administrative Officer, Anthony Roberts, MPA Director of Development, Victoria Dorsey Director of Communications and Editor, Angela Arnold Go Communications Assistant, Lynne Gayle Copy Editor, Judy Bozarth Creative Direction and Design, Mary Sommers Photo credits Cover photo: John Amis (shown left to right: Francis Wen, Elizabeth Dalal, Noel Sangster, Sean Jung, Jada English, Ravi Patel) Historical photos ©1997 Kevin Ames | www.kevinamesphotography.com (page 20 – Dr. Gaines) Bernice Dixon collection, Southern Labor Archives, Georgia State University Library (pages 3 & 5) Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library (pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 20) Portrait of Byrdine Lewis (page 8) courtesy of Lewis family All others – Georgia State University, Division of PR/Marketing Communications © 2017, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Atlanta, Georgia. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.

Greetings From the Dean Happy Golden Anniversary to the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions…what a milestone! For five decades, the Lewis College, under an evolving roster of monikers, educated and graduated clinicians and providers who promote effective healthcare practice within a variety of settings.

If you have received health care in Atlanta or the surrounding metro area, you likely have been treated by a Lewis College alum!

In celebration of our 50th anniversary, we have created this publication to chronicle how we became the multidisciplinary college that we are today.

If you are alumni, faculty or staff in the Lewis College, we hope the ­stories and pictures in the following pages reflect positive memories of your time at Georgia State University.

Georgia State as a university is experiencing wonderful success as a rising national institution. Over the recent past, our university received extensive affirmative media attention about our student success outcomes. Other Georgia State successes include: • Through enhanced advising programs, the undergraduate time-to-graduation rate has dropped from 140 to 133 credits, saving $15 million for the 2017 gradu­ating class, as compared to graduates four years earlier.

• In the past seven years, Georgia State experienced a 67 percent increase in its undergraduate #lewis50

“ In its 50-year history, the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions has changed and adapted to meet the evolving needs of its students and the healthcare-related professions it serves. Most important, the college’s commitment to first-quality education and research has had an enormous and enduring impact on the health and well-being of thousands of people.”

Mark P. Becker, President graduation rate with no difference in grad­uation rates by race/ ethnicity, socioeconomic status or status as a first-generation college student.

• Georgia State awards more baccalaureate degrees to AfricanAmerican students than any other non-profit university in the nation.

The Lewis College is proud to be part of a dynamic university and is diligent about contributing to the university’s strategic mission regarding student success and research productivity.

Lewis College faculty members have always been leaders in their professions. From the early days, the school had a research agenda to promote clinical practices, advance new interventions and protocols, and add to the basic science of the professions. Our graduates enter the

workforce with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in their area of health care—and all of our disciplines have licensure pass rates well above national averages.

To all of you, THANK YOU for your contributions that helped bring our college to this landmark. We would not be celebrating this milestone anniversary without the support of our community partners, friends and donors. We thank everyone who has supervised students in clinical rotations, generously contributed to our scholarship and research funds, collaborated with our faculty and students on research projects, and supported our college in many other ways. We could not be who we are today without your contributions, in all forms.

In the past 50 years, the Lewis ­College has achieved many successes. Our primary goal moving ­forward will remain the same: to graduate effective practitioners and leaders in a variety of healthcare fields. My sincere hope for you is good health—but when you require healthcare treatment, be assured that there is a Georgia State Lewis College alumna/alumnus who is well educated and prepared to care for you.

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Genesis of a Health College “The demands of the American public cannot be satisfied by traditional means of delivery of healthcare … Therapeutic advances have kept pace with these diagnostic improvements by means of startling surgical manipulations, by tremendous drug knowledge and applications, and by the use of preventive vaccines and sera undreamed of twenty years ago.”

D r . J. R hodes H averty , 1969

School of Allied Health During the mid-1950s, hospitalbased education began to transform, and significant changes required more healthcare professionals to support each physician. The old model of one nurse supporting one doctor no longer worked. Healthcare advances demanded as many as 20 or more specialty healthcare workers per physician.

Concurrently, Grady Memorial Hospital contracted with Georgia State College to offer basic science courses to the hospital’s nursing students. Following a national trend of moving health education to the collegiate environment, by 1967 the hospital strongly supported the creation of a health school at Georgia State.

In 1968, Georgia State College started a school of health professions. The founding dean, pedia­ trician Dr. J. Rhodes Haverty, anticipated the coming changes in health care and met them by combining traditional hospital training with university education.

First Programs

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1967

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Board of Regents approved the School of Allied Health

Dr. J. Rhodes Haverty hired; School of Allied Health established

1969 Nursing and physical therapy begin; department chairs hired; occupational therapy postponed

1969 Respiratory therapy approved by Board of Regents and first class enrolls

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Faces and Places F irst D ean J. Rhodes Haverty, M.D. Founding Dean, School of Allied Health, later College of Health Sciences 1968-1991 Hired in 1968, Dr. J. Rhodes Haverty led the School of Allied Health, later College of Health Sciences, until 1991. As dean, he launched the school with undergraduate medical technology and nursing programs

and founded the first physical ­therapy program offered by any university or college in Georgia. He expanded the college with respiratory therapy and nutrition degree programs, and by his retirement, he had built a robust school enrolling over 1,000 students annually.

Dr. Haverty earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton University in 1948 and graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1953. He practiced pediatrics in Atlanta for 11 years before becoming dean. Following his retirement from Georgia State, Dr. Haverty received an honorary doctoral degree in 2004 from the university.

In 2003, a lectureship was started in his name and continues as an #lewis50

annual event within the college.

J. Rhodes Haverty Lecture speakers have included national and internationally known researchers, clinicians and policymakers.

F irst N ursing D irector Evangeline Lane, R.N., M.N., Ph.D. First director of the Department of Nursing January 1, 1969 A leader in nursing education, Lane graduated from Grady Memorial Hospital’s School of Nursing in 1945. She earned her master’s degree from Emory University and was a nurse manager at Henrietta Egleston Children’s Hospital (now Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta) and Grady Hospital’s pediatric unit. Lane was director of nursing education at Crawford Long Hospital when Dr. Haverty recruited her to lead the Georgia State nursing program.

F irst M edical T echnology C hair Walter L. Scott. Jr., Ph.D. First chair of the Department of Medical Technology January 1, 1969 Dr. Scott came to Georgia State as the first official department chair for medical technology after leading a similar hospital-based program at St. Joseph’s Infirmary.

Given the degree program’s pre-School of Allied Health existence, it was originally a consortium of faculty from Arts and Sciences.

The first class enrolled 65 students and the first

15 graduates completed the ­program in the spring of 1969.

A master’s program was added in 1973 and included a hospital residency. Thirty years later, the program closed as technology changed dramatically and medical technology education once again moved to two-year colleges.

F irst P hysical T herapy C hair Patricia Yarborough, P.T., M.P.H., Ph.D. First chair of the Department of Physical Therapy April 1, 1969 Yarborough got her physical therapy post-baccalaureate education at the renowned Mayo Clinic, and went on to earn a Master of Public Health

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Shown above: Scenes of everyday college life at Georgia State University between 1965 and 1970.

from the University of North Carolina. She served as the chief physical therapist at the Atlanta Orthopedic Clinic during the early-to-mid-1960s.

Yarborough was leading physical therapy for the Georgia Department of Public Health at the time of her employment at Georgia State.

F irst R espiratory T herapy C hair John M. Brown, M.D. First medical director of the Department of Respiratory Therapy Garold Beals, M.S. First administrator of the Department of Respiratory Therapy April 15, 1969

The only person in the state of Georgia authorized by the American Medical Association to teach in the new field of respiratory therapy (RT), Dr. John Brown, a physician at Crawford Long Hospital, requested an RT program for Georgia State.

He became the department’s medical director and Garold Beals, a ­Crawford Long School of Inhalation Therapy instructor, was hired as both an instructor and administrative chair.

S taff C ontributions Staff members are the backbone of the Lewis College, providing much-needed infrastructure to faculty and students. They contribute

program administration, student advising, financial and human resource services, and much more.

A few staff have been recognized for their work, including Becky Cain, Sandra Garber, and Charlotte Ivey, all recipients of the university’s George M. Sparks Award, given to Georgia State’s unsung heroes.

Some staff, including Paula Echols, Barbara Smith, and Leigh Walling retired from the college after devoting 30 or more years of their careers to ­Georgia State.

R ise and F all of M edical A ssistants Medical assistant degree programs were added in the early 1970s, specifically in the areas of mental health and pediatrics. By 1974, the mental health assistants program morphed into a bachelor’s degree in mental health. The master’s degree was added in 1984, but ten years later the entire medical assistant program was suspended.

The pediatric assistants program closed due to outside forces when the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) discontinued the national certification examination in 1980.

Shown above: First graduating class from the Department of Nursing, 1970

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The Evolution of Health Care 19 6 8 – 2 018

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I nfluences I mpacting H ealthcare E ducation at G eorgia S tate • In the 1960s and early ‘70s, physicians dictated their orders and hand-calculated medicines directly to the nurse on duty, who typically wore a stiff white uniform dress and starched white cap.

• Nursing shortages played a significant role. For example, the first pediatric nurse practitioner program was developed as a result of a shortage of pediatricians.

• As recently as the 1970s, hospital patients were likely to be older, maternal or in need of surgery. Hospital stays were lengthy.

• The 1980s brought four recognizable goals to health care: healing, research, policy making, and keeping people and ­communities healthy.

• New disease challenges emerged, such as the discovery of HIV, the virus that causes AIDs. • Technical research continued to advance patient care with the development of a kidney dialysis machine.

• The 1990s saw the first experimental transfer of human genes for therapeutic use.

• In the 1990s and beyond, healthcare costs continued to rise and pharmaceutical manufacturers began advertising directly to con­ sumers. Healthcare organizations included patients more and more in their own care.

Early Success F irst S tudents / G raduates At its 1968 founding, the School of Allied Health had 40 students from the pre-existing medical technology degree program. Seven of these students graduated in June 1969 as the first graduates of the new school.

Two years later, 19 nursing students completed their bachelor’s degrees.

A third milestone year, 1972, produced the first graduating class of 11 physical therapy students, the first PT graduates in the state of Georgia.

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D awning of R esearch in the C ollege In the college’s early days, faculty research consisted of individual “creative projects” outside of teaching duties. However, in 1969 a new nursing instructor, Rebecca Trooboff, brought her $182,000 five-year grant funded by the Nurse Training Act of 1964 to integrate nutrition education into the nursing curriculum, laying an early foundation for interprofessional education.

By 1975, research funding increased to over $345,000 and addressed varied and sometimes arcane subjects, such as evaluation of self-study materials in physiology, the effects of deposits of silver in

albino rats, and the morphology and associated changes in cryopreserved spermatozoa.

The apex of research funding for the college came in 2009 when research generated more than $9.9 million in funding. The following year the college received its single largest research grant of $6.6 million awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to the college’s Institute of Public Health, an academic unit started eight years earlier.

In 2015, the Lewis College received $1.1 million from the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) to design and evaluate interprofessional education for graduate nursing students caring for chronically ill patients. This type of educational research moves healthcare education forward, by enabling graduates to stay abreast of changes in society’s overall “bill of health.”

Hospital Connections Over the course of its existence, Georgia State has had close relationships with area hospitals for education, research, and post-graduation employment. Grady Memorial Hospital’s enduring relationship with Georgia State University and its health programs existed before the School of Allied Health was founded. In fact, in 1967, Grady Hospital invited officials at Georgia State to share a proposal to create a School of Allied Health. The soon-to-be school’s first program, medical technology, was also launched in the fall of 1967 with clinical labs taking place at Grady. lewis.gsu.edu/50

Once Georgia State established its degree programs, Grady continued to have a role in educating students in nursing and other healthcare professions, including medical technology, nutrition, physical ­therapy, and respiratory therapy, by providing clinical practice hours in the hospital.

By 1982 however, enrollment in Grady’s nursing school was eclipsed

by Georgia State and other college/ university programs. As Grady Hospital faced financial crises of its own, the rising costs of maintaining a full faculty for a dwindling student enrollment made its nursing school no longer feasible. So, after grad­uating its final nine diploma nursing students in June 1982, Grady Hospital’s School of Nursing merged with Georgia State’s undergraduate program.

The hospital’s nursing school, the oldest such chartered school in Georgia, produced more than 4,000 nurses from 1898 until 1982, when it linked its future with Georgia State’s School of Nursing. Grady Hospital also holds a noteworthy tie with the School of Allied Health’s founding dean. Dr. J. Rhodes Haverty completed his medical training as

the chief resident in pediatrics at Grady Hospital in 1956-57.

The former Crawford W. Long Hospital, now Emory Midtown Hospital, was the second hospital in Atlanta to have a profound impact on Georgia State’s health sciences programs. In the late 1960s, the Board of Regents Committee on Education sought advice from anesthesiologist Dr. John Brown of Crawford Long about the need for an inhalation therapy degree program. The board knew there was

a shortage of physicians to care for patients with lung diseases, and simultaneously, respiratory diseases were increasing as the top cause of death. At that time, Dr. Brown was the only individual in Georgia authorized by the American Medical Association to teach in the fledgling field of respiratory therapy (RT).

He requested that the board open the new respiratory therapy program at Georgia State.

While the hospital supported the new degree program, a lack of potential instructors challenged the young school. Only four registered respiratory therapists lived and practiced in Georgia. Georgia State became just the second college or university nationwide to offer a bachelor’s degree in RT. But Crawford Long’s impact on Georgia State wasn’t only about respiratory care. The new school’s first nursing director, Evangeline Lane, came to Georgia State directly from leading Crawford Long’s nursing school, having shepherded it through some social changes, including the acceptance of married students.

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Legacy of Byrdine F. Lewis The college is privileged to bear the name of Byrdine F. Lewis, a dedicated bedside nurse during her 46-year career in health care.

Mrs. Lewis cared primarily for post-operative patients in hospitals in her native Mississippi, Georgia and California. As a single parent of two children, she frequently worked double shifts to provide for her family. Although Mrs. Lewis never attended Georgia State University, her son, Ken Lewis, is an alumnus of the J. Mack ­Robinson College of Business.

said Mrs. Lewis. “I don’t think I’m worthy, but (the naming) is a wonderful thing.”

In 2011, the College of Health and Human Sciences was reorganized.

At this point, the Byrdine F. Lewis name was applied to the new college-level School of Nursing and Health Professions. In 2017, the Byrdine F. Lewis School became a college in name as well.

Sadly, Mrs. Lewis didn’t live to see her name on the new college, as she passed away in January 2010.

However, her family remains engaged with the college.

In addition to the college, Mrs. Lewis’ name is on professorships in nursing and physical therapy, as well as the college simulation lab. The generosity of Mr. Lewis also provided resources for student scholarships and enhanced faculty research programs.

In August 2003, Mr. Lewis, a former Bank of America chairman and the chief executive officer, made a substantial gift to Georgia State, to honor his mother and her impact on the field of nursing. The naming ceremony brought her children and extended family to the downtown campus. A humble woman, Mrs. Lewis was overjoyed to have the naming be a family event, but acknowledged the tremendous honor.

“I never thought of doing anything else but be a nurse—it’s one of the most rewarding jobs there is,”

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The Lewis College Today The Byrdine F. Lewis College of ­Nursing and Health Professions, a leader in preparing the next generation of clinicians and scholars, has produced nearly 11,000 healthcare professionals in 50 years.

Situated in the learning laboratory of downtown Atlanta, Lewis College faculty and students focus on education, research and community service to improve individual and community health and meet the rapidly changing needs of global health care.

STUDENTS BY THE NUMBERS • Undergraduate: 1,883 • Graduate: 526 • Underrepresented/Minority: 56% • Female: 84%/Male 16%

DEGREES BACHELOR’S

• Health Informatics (interdisciplinary with J. Mack Robinson College of Business) • Nursing • Nutrition • Respiratory Therapy

DOCTORAL

• Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.)

• Nutrition • Occupational Therapy • Respiratory Therapy

• RT students offer pulmonary function screening and smoking cessation workshops to community members and homeless men in transition programs

ASSOCIATE DEANS

• Doctor of Philosophy in chemistry with nutritional science concentration (Ph.D.)

ANDREW J. BUTLER PH.D., P.T., M.B.A.

• Doctor of Philosophy in nursing (Ph.D.)

As Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Butler is devoted to supporting the research enterprise within the college, including mentoring faculty, and overseeing the submission of extramural funding. Dr. Butler is a professor in physical therapy, with research interests in neuroscience and cardiovascular rehabilitation.

SPECIALTY DEGREE PROGRAMS

• A.S. to B.S. bridge in RT • R.N. to B.S. and M.S. in nursing • B.S. to Ph.D. in nursing

HANDS-ON LEARNING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH Hands-on learning is a key aspect of the Lewis College degree programs.

Students reinforce their classroom lessons via hands-on learning experiences called clinicals, many of which allow students to provide health care to some of Atlanta’s most underserved communities. Our students provide more than 35,000 hours of unpaid service annually to the Atlanta community and beyond.

SAMPLE SERVICE PROGRAMS

• Nursing and nurse practitioner students give back-to-school physicals to homeless children • Nutrition graduate students present community education programs

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• PT students provide physical therapy assessment and treatment to farm workers and their families in South Georgia and Central America

• Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)

MASTER’S

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to small groups including children and senior citizens

Associate Dean for Research

LYNDA T. GOODFELLOW ED.D., R.R.T., F.A.A.R.C.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Dr. Goodfellow oversees ­academic initiatives within the college.

As Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, she works on college-level curricula, course development, and instructional enhancement. Dr. Goodfellow is a professor in respiratory therapy, with research interests in chronic respiratory disease management, and smoking cessation education.

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Lewis College Timeline 1982

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1967

Nursing and physical therapy begin; department chairs hired; occupational therapy postponed

Board of Regents approved the School of Allied Health

First master’s degree offered in physical therapy

Dr. J. Rhodes Haverty hired; School of Allied Health established

First classes of Bachelor of Science in nursing and physical therapy graduate

1973 1969 Respiratory therapy approved by Board of Regents and first class enrolls

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Dr. Haverty, first dean, retired; first nursing Ph.D. class graduated

1971-1972

1968

Department of Community Nutrition established; Chair Sara Hunt hired

1991

1996

1986 First Ph.D. in nursing students enrolled

Nutrition and respiratory therapy researchers benefit the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics

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2003

1997

School of Nursing received $2.5 million gift, and named the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing

Renamed College of Health and Human Sciences.

Criminal justice and social work added

2015 First Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies in Health Informatics and Doctor of Nursing Practice graduate

2010 Petit Science Center opens, providing college with new student learning laboratories

2002

2011

Institute of Public Health created

Reorganized into the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions

2005 Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) degree approved

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2017 Renamed the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions

2017 Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award for Departments and Programs given to physical therapy

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Nursing at a Glance

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Associate Dean of Nursing: Susan J. Kelley, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.

Nursing is a critical component of patient care, as well as one of the oldest and largest professions in health care. Nurses are patients’ primary care­ givers, and provide independent and collaborative care to individuals, families, and communities, throughout life, both in illness and in health.

As healthcare evolves, the role of nurses is even more exciting, challenging and demanding.

Established: 1968 Alumni: 6,045 Degrees

Georgia State initially offered an associate and a bachelor’s degree. Now the School of Nursing offers five distinct degrees, many with additional tracks or specialties. With the addition of Perimeter College, the school once again provides associate degrees and recently graduated the first two classes of Doctor of Nursing Practice students. The school educates the beginning nurse through doctoral candidate nurse educators and researchers.

hh Associate of Science (via Perimeter College)

C ommunity S ervice

hh Bachelor of Science (including traditional, accelerated and R.N.-to-B.S.)

Nursing faculty and students, through the Children’s Restoration Network, have given more than 3,000 homeless children back-to-school physicals over a 23-year period.

hh Master of Science with specialties in adult/ gerontology, child and family health, nursing leadership and informatics as well as psychiatric mental health nursing and R.N. to M.S. hh Doctor of Nursing Practice hh Doctor of Philosophy with major in nursing

Undergraduate nursing students created a portable, low-cost health record system including conditions and treatment for indigent patients visiting Saint Joseph’s Mercy Care clinic.

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P ast F aculty R esearch

• Childhood Diabetes • Developing Interprofessional Education for Health Professionals Caring for Chronically Ill • Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Parent-absent Homes • Internet-based Diary Study of Women with Migraines • Preventing Health Risk in Minority Youth • Stroke Risk Reduction in Young African-American Adults

PASS RAT ES Georgia State’s 91% 99.6% Averages NCLEX APN

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• Adult Health Management: Guidelines for Nurse Practitioners, Jo M. Jones, et. al.

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• Review and Application of Clinical Pharmacology, Marion F. Hale and Susan Ralston

• Pediatric Emergency Nursing, Susan J. Kelley, Ph.D.

NCLEX: Registered Nursing License Exam APN: Advanced Practice Nurse Registration Exam (given by specialty)

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Nutrition at a Glance Department Chair: Huanbiao Mo, Ph.D.

Nutrition is a science that integrates food science, physiology, biology, society, behavior, culture and genetics, and helps us to understand how the diverse components of food impact health and performance. Many modern chronic illnesses and conditions have an important nutrition component. Our program prepares students for careers in dietetics, and produces nutrition researchers.

Faculty research and student community service impact a spectrum of society, from underserved Atlanta children to elite athletes competing on the world stage. Nutrition alumni go on to a wide variety of careers including serving the U.S. Army as a dietitian, as Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spokesperson and team dietitian for a variety of sports including U.S. Women’s Tennis, collegiate and NFL football teams.

C ommunity S ervice Students teach nutrition to people of all ages, through partnerships with the Atlanta Children’s Shelter and two metro Atlanta NORCs (Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities).Graduate students work with community leaders to assess the community’s needs in developing the workshops.

Nutrition students developed and operate the Panther’s Pantry, a campusbased food bank that serves food-insecure Georgia State students.

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P ast F aculty R esearch

• Assessing Food Intake with Automatic Ingestion Monitor • Athletic Performance in Jockeys – Study of Nutritional Factors • Food Safety Training Assessment • Functional Foods and the Prevention of Chronic Disease

Established: 1972 Alumni: 1,240 Degrees hh Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition science hh Master of Science in health sciences with a concentration in nutrition (online) hh Master of Science in health sciences with a concentration in nutrition (coordinated program) hh Ph.D. in chemistry, concentration in nutritional sciences

• Measuring Resting Metabolic Rate in Overweight Adolescents • Mevalonate-suppressive Isoprenoids in Chronic Disease • Reducing Type 1 Diabetes in Genetically at Risk Infants • Obesity, Inflammation and Insulin Resistance

S elected B ooks • Advanced Sports Nutrition, Dan Benardot, Ph.D., R.D. • Food & Fitness After 50: Eat Well, Move Well, and Be Well, co-author Christine A. Rosenbloom, Ph.D., R.D. • Sports Nutrition, A Guide for the Professional Working with Active ­People, editor Christine A. Rosenbloom, Ph.D., R.D.

PASS RATES Georgia State’s 100% Average R.D. Exam

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R.D. Exam: Registered Dietitian Exam

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Physical Therapy at a Glance

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Interim Department Chair: Andrew Butler, P.T., M.B.A., Ph.D.

Dedicated to the prevention and rehabilitation of disability, injury and disease, physical therapists practice in a variety of clinical specialties including acute care, ergonomics, geriatrics, neuro-rehabilitation and pediatrics.

The oldest physical therapy program in Georgia, the Lewis College’s Department of Physical Therapy accepted its first class in Fall 1970. Unlike nursing and respiratory therapy, physical therapy education was firmly established in higher education as most hospital-based programs closed a decade earlier.

Established: 1968 Alumni: 1,290 Degree hh Doctor of Physical Therapy hh On-campus physical therapy and wellness clinic allows faculty to offer expert physical therapy care, maintain their skills and train students while providing community service.

The department provided guidance to other Georgia colleges/universities wishing to launch PT programs. Also, the founding department chair, Patricia Yarborough, established strong relationships with Atlanta-area hospitals, aiding Northside Hospital in hiring its first physical therapist.

C ommunity S ervice Physical therapy students have provided assessments and treatment to migrant farm workers and their families in South Georgia for more than 18 years via an Emory University-led consortium. The department also partners with Communidad Connect, a Nicaraguan non-profit, to provide physical therapy for area coffee farm workers and their families.

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P ast F aculty R esearch

• Effects of Estrogen, Age and Activity on Musculoskeletal Strength in Females • Neuroplasticity and rehabilitation in stroke survivors • Osseointegrated prostheses to improve function after amputation • Robot-assisted rehabilitation • Skeletal Muscle Regeneration • Virtual reality to improve motor function in children with cerebral palsy

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S elected B ooks • The Patient at Home, Marylou Barnes and Carolyn Crutchfield • The Orthopedic Physical Therapy Series, Vol. I - Soft Tissue Changes in Contractures, Marylou Barnes, Carolyn Crutchfield and Gordon Cummings, PT

DPT Exam: D octor of Physical Therapy Licensure Exam

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Dept. of Respiratory Therapy – 02577

Respiratory Therapy at a Glance Department Chair: Douglas S. Gardenhire, Ed.D., R.R.T.-N.P.S., F.A.A.R.C.

Respiratory therapists (RTs) work in cooperation with physicians caring for patients with a wide range of breathing disorders including asthma, emphysema, pneumonia and lung infections, cystic fibrosis, and breathing difficulties due to premature birth. RTs practice in a variety of settings from hospitals to home healthcare agencies and from outpatient centers and physicians’ offices to sleep disorder clinics.

The Department of Respiratory Therapy provides students a quality education that is relevant and professionally sound to meet the respiratory therapy needs of the healthcare community, preparing practitioners with the attitudes, skills, and knowledge required to meet the community’s changing needs.

The RT program in the Lewis College holds a unique distinction: Our graduates hold a nearly decade-long 100 percent first time pass rate on the RRT licensure examination and have been recognized by the accrediting body for multiple years.

C ommunity S ervice Students offer smoking-cessation workshops and pulmonary function screenings to a variety of community members from homeless men at Trinity House to state legislators and their staff.

Using American Cancer Society curricula, RT students lead the Georgia State University Great American Smokeout Day.

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Established: 1969 Alumni: 1,102 Degrees: hh Bachelor of Science ( including traditional, and A.S. to B.S. bridge) hh Integrated Bachelor/ Master of Science hh Master of Science in health sciences with concentration in respiratory therapy

P ast F aculty R esearch

• Aerosol Medication Delivery Methods • Improving Pediatric Asthma Outcomes • Physiological Evaluation of Elite Distance Runners

PASS RATES Georgia 100% 100% State’s RRT CRT Averages Advanced Exam Practice Exam*

• Statewide Tobacco Survivorship Network

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CRT Exam: C ertification Respiratory Therapy Exam RRT Exam: Registered Respiratory Therapy Advanced Practice Exam *Written and clinical simulation portion ** 56% Pass rate clinical simulation portion 61% Pass rate written portion

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Health Informatics at a Glance

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Clinical Health Informatics Program – 020358

Program Director: Cedric Truss, D.H.A.

A new profession, Health Informatics brings together design, development, and adoption of information technology-based innovations in healthcare services, delivery, management, and planning.

Established: 2013 Alumni: 189 Degrees: hh Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies in clinical health informatics hh Graduate certificate in clinical health informatics

The Lewis College offers the only interdisciplinary program in the nation.

Students take courses from faculty in both the Lewis College and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business. This unique structure, in which experts from both disciplines educate students, enables graduates to become health informatics professionals that will work as liaisons between IT professionals and clinical healthcare end-users.

A point of pride, an undergraduate BIS health informatics student team won the 2016 Health IT Slam Competition. The students were challenged to develop innovative solutions to address healthcare information technology (IT) issues while working with an industry partner. The students developed a prototype of a device to dispense opioid medication. The device is designed to integrate fully with an electronic health records (EHR) system. Industry representatives have shown an interest in further development of the device.

Community Partners “ The students’ foundation is sound; they are professional, eager to learn, and take constructive feedback. [Georgia State] prepares them as well as medical students.”

– An Atlanta-area physician student preceptor As part of a public university without a medical school or university hospital, the Lewis College relies on strong partnerships with local, state, national and international organizations. Our students gain quality clinical experiences in first-class | 16

healthcare organizations, and our clinical partners profit from the state-of-the-art training that our students receive in the classroom.

More than 300 students annually provide more than 35,500 hours of

unpaid healthcare assistance to the metro Atlanta community and beyond.

Community partners vary in locale and healthcare mission, from Atlantaarea hospitals such as Grady, Northside and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, to community health services such as Saint Joseph’s Mercy Care, SafeHouse or the Ellenton Clinic in south Georgia. Students benefit from working with a variety of patients, from medically fragile children at Camp Breathe Easy and Camp Kool Kidz, to older adults at senior community centers and living centers, such as Briarcliff Oaks.

Even managed care companies like Kaiser Permanente offer our students clinical experiences. lewis.gsu.edu/50

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Dept. of Occupational Therapy – 021143

Occupational Therapy at a Glance Department Chair: Kinsuk Maitra, Ph.D., O.T.R./L., F.A.O.T.A.

Occupational therapy (OT) focuses on restoring patients to an optimal practice of everyday activities or “occupations.” OTs modify either the environment or occupation to help the patient achieve quality of life.

The Lewis College OT program educates students as generalists in OT and prepares them to pass the national certification examination successfully.

A new program, the Lewis College holds candidacy status with the OT accrediting body ACOTE (Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education), and plans for the program to be fully accredited when the first class graduates in December 2018.

Students admitted to the first two cohorts were selected from a pool of more than 500 inquiries and come from a variety of related and unrelated previous careers, including an adaptive climbing coach, a wilderness therapy guide, a Special Olympics coach as well as an analytical chemist.

Established: 2017 Degree hh Master of Occupational Therapy (O.T./M.)

Georgia State’s 24-month O.T./M. degree program is the only occupational therapy program available in a public university in metro Atlanta and one of only three programs state-wide.

Project Healthy Grandparents Started by Dr. Susan Kelley, the ­Project Healthy Grandparents (PHG) service model includes monthly visits from nurses and social workers who provide physical, emotional and economic support to the grandparents.

In addition, grandparents attend ­support groups and parenting classes where they have the chance to share with others experiencing similar ­challenges. PHG strives to enhance #lewis50

the quality of life for these families by reducing stress on the grandparents and improving their parenting abilities, so as to advance outcomes for the grandchildren. This research is shared nationally and internationally and the program itself has been replicated in three University System of Georgia universities and as well as universities in Maryland and North Carolina.

Since 1995, PHG has been a boon in the lives of more than 3,000 children and grandparents in DeKalb and Fulton counties.

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Looking to the Future As we celebrate 50 years in healthcare education and research, the dynamic, rapidly changing environment of healthcare delivery requires that we continuously evaluate and plan for our next 50-plus years!

Georgia State University has made significant achievements in student success outcomes, has been a driver in the changes in downtown Atlanta, and is nationally noted for innovation in education. The Lewis College is a thriving unit within this vibrant institution—and we ­continue to look for ways to further research, practice and education.

Here are a just a few areas of opportunity and promise: • Promoting interdisciplinary education and research within health care. The complex challenges of healthcare issues require teams of clinicians and researchers to find solutions. Interventions to deal with rising rates of diabetes, for example, require effective treatment approaches as well as prevention and education. Working to keep older adults and their care providers as healthy and well-functioning as possible is a priority as our population ages. The six academic units of our college are well positioned to train our students to be leaders in interdisciplinary practice.

• Educating students for future jobs in health care. When students enter the university, the jobs that they will hold following graduation might not even exist yet!

And, this is no truer than in health care. Always looking forward, the Lewis College works with community partners to create relevant majors, curricula and clinical rotations to meet the workforce needs of tomorrow.

• Promoting global health. Our faculty and students are becoming innovators and leaders in health care globally. With worldwide research and educational partners in such places as China, Nicaragua, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Korea and South Africa, we are addressing healthcare issues from a global perspective.

2017 J. Rhodes Haverty Lecture speaker Dr. Thomas LaVeist.

These are exciting possibilities for our college. As we celebrate 50 years of accomplishments, it is time to pause and reflect on all of the people—faculty, students, staff, and community partners—that have contributed to our sustained successes. We have much work left to do, as health care is becoming an even greater priority in the coming years. | 18

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Coming to college was always a goal of mine that was never one to question. However going to a college that could provide me with the education I needed to become a nurse, was a decision that took longer to decide. Being awarded a scholarship from Georgia State, was one of the best things that could have happened to me because it allowed me to open a new chapter of my life, and experience opportunities I had never thought to experience. As an out of state student, I wouldn’t have been able to afford to come to such an institution like Georgia State University, however, after receiving such a financial honor, I was able to. And now I am blessed to attend a school and be a part of a nursing program that I know is preparing me with all the skills I need to be the successful nurse that I strive to be.

Norae Woodard from Bowie, Md. Honors Nursing Major Resident Assistant Ms. Georgia State University 2017 (Homecoming) Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. | Member

How do we ensure that current and future students like Norae can stay in school, to take advantage of opportunities to study all aspects of health care? How do we ensure she and others are equipped to face the challenges of our global economy? How do we prepare her to become a leader in her field?

Every gift you make to the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions increases our students’ ability to focus on the learning experience. Each dollar brings them closer to fulfilling a dream of traveling abroad.

Your generosity helps inspire them to become practitioners, entrepreneurs, researchers and administrators. The Lewis College is leading the way in preparing the next generation of leaders in the healthcare industry.

Your gifts are Burning Bright at the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions!

Georgia State is heading into the final phase of our Burning Bright campaign, which has already been transformational. Support so far has been tremendous, but we need your help to finish strong.

LEWIS COLLEGE CAMPAIGN GOAL

$12,500,000 LEWIS COLLEGE CAMPAIGN ACTUAL

$10,861,008 STILL NEEDED TO REACH OUR GOAL

$1,638,992

BY DECEM BER 2018

Set up your online giving today at netcommunity.gsu.edu/make-a-gift

Contact Victoria Dorsey, Director of Development at 404-413-1089 or vdorsey@gsu.edu to set up your leadership gift today. #lewis50

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Leadership Past and Present

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J. Rhodes Haverty, M.D., Dean, 1968-1991

James Cooney, Ph.D., Dean, 1991-1994

Sherry Gaines, Ph.D., Dean, 1994-1997

Susan J. Kelley, Ph.D., Dean, 1998-2011

Margaret Wilmoth, Ph.D., Dean, 2012-2014

Nancy Kropf, Ph.D., Dean, 2015-present

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2017-2018 Board of Advisors B yrdine F. L ewis C ollege of N ursing

“ Our students and alumni are part of a dynamic, everchanging healthcare industry with opportunities that abound no matter the specialty…

The future of nursing and health care have never been brighter.”

Fran Fowler, Alumna and Advisory Board Chair

Advisory Board Members Todd Tyson and Joe Harrelson

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H ealth P rofessions

Fran Fowler B.S. Nursing ‘74 – Chairperson Retired – President Fowler Healthcare

Georgette Samaritan B.S. Nursing ‘75 Risk Management Consultant MAG Mutual Patient Safety Institute

Joseph Harrelson B.S. Respiratory Therapy ‘80 Retired – President Pediatria Healthcare, LLC

Charles Anthony Smith, Ph.D. B.S. Nursing ’81; M.S. Nursing ‘85 Clinical Assistant Professor Coordinator: RN-BSN Program Georgia Baptist College of Nursing Mercer University

Sarah Myers, Ph.D. Ph.D. Nursing ‘96 Associate Nurse Executive Atlanta VA Medical Center Robert Pettignano, M.D. Medical Director – Health Law Partnership Professor of Pediatrics Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta/HeLP Kimberee Phelps B.S. Nursing ‘87 Area Operations Administrator Kaiser Permanente – Regional Office

Advisory Board Member Kimberee Phelps

G. Todd Tyson B.S. Respiratory Therapy ‘86 Retired – CEO Hi-Tech Healthcare, Inc. Sales Representative Breas Medical Karen Waters M.H.A., Health Administration ‘89 Retired – Senior Vice President Georgia Hospital Association

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